Five countries demand compensation from Iran for downed Ukrainian Boeing Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced that Canada, Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Ukraine are demanding that Iran pay them compensation for a Ukrainian passenger Boeing 737 jet shot down by Iranian missiles. According to the minister, Iran must fully admit the responsibility for

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Brazil’s Azul flies to New York’s JFK Airport The statue of Liberty, Times Square and Central Park are now closer than ever for Azul customers with new daily service to JFK starting June 15.  New York will be Azul’s 3rd destination in the United States.  Azul already serves Fort Lauderdale and Orlando from Sao Paulo-Viracopos,

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China Aircraft Leasing Group receives its first Boeing 787 Dreamliners China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) announce that it has successfully received its first batch of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets directly purchased from the Boeing Company. The arrival of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets marks a milestone in CALC’s history, as it is

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17.8 million airline passengers traveled through Prague Airport in 2019 Based on the latest operating results, Prague Airport handled a total of 17,804,900 passengers in 2019. That means that approximately one million more passengers passed through the airport than in 2018, which sets another historic record and a 6% year-on-year increase. Throughout the entire year,

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LATAM moves its New York JFK operations LATAM Airlines Group announced today that it will relocate its operations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York City) from Terminal 8 to Terminal 4, where Delta serves over 90 destinations in the United States, Canada and worldwide, starting February 1, 2020. This relocation paves the way

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FAA declares South Florida a No Drone Zone during Super Bowl LIV Hard Rock Stadium near Miami is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020. Drones also are prohibited around the Miami Beach Convention Center for the NFL Super Bowl Experience and Bayfront Park for Super Bowl Live during the

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Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer took off initially at around 10h15 on 18 December and conducted a total

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United Airlines jet with burning engine makes emergency landing in Newark United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Los Angeles, California was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff and make an emergency landing after flames were seen spewing from the plane’s engine. United Airlines flight 1871 was met by fire trucks on the

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Air Canada continues fleet modernization with its first Airbus A220-300 Air Canada today unveiled the newest member of its fleet, the Airbus A220-300, before employees and special guests at the airline’s Montreal headquarters. Built in Mirabel, Quebec, the Bombardier-designed aircraft continues Air Canada’s fleet modernization. The A220’s state-of-the-art design and cabin is destined to be

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Customer service agents reach deal with Air Canada Unifor Local 2002, the union representing customer service agents in call centers and airports, customer journey management and customer relations representatives have reached a tentative agreement with Air Canada. “Congratulations to the bargaining committee, who have worked tirelessly for more than a year to reach a fair

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